Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

Before ERAU: Attended St. Petersburg College for one year before studying abroad...member of SPC’s Co-Motion Dance Theatre...a graduate of the Tallinn Ballet School in Tallinn, Estonia where she studied three years in ballet...was the first American to graduate from the Ballet School...attended Keystone National High School before studying abroad...was the 1997 Florida State Individual Champion in gymanstics’ Beam and Bars.

Personal: Daughter of Dean and Reina Blackwelder of Largo, Florida...moved to Estonia as a 16 year-old to study dance...attended ballet seminars in Copenhagen, Denmark, Kirov Academy in Washington D.C. and at the Alivin Ailey Dance Theatre in New York City, New York...served as a volunteer in the bookstore at Calvary Chapel...studying Aeronautical Science at ERAU.

Why you chose Embry-Riddle: “I have always known and thought of Embry-Riddle as being a prestigious school. They are known to be the best in preparing people for careers in the aviation industry and I believe that they truly live up to this reputation and standard.”